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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sorry for this trivial question, but I did not find the solution myself :<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Everyone in the ldiskfs/ext4 community is happy since the OST formatting is quicker with the uninit_bg and lazy_itable_init features. And I appreciate a lot this feature too !<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">However, today for a particular test, When I format my OSTs, I would like this task to be completely finished in order to be sure to have the maximum OSTs bandwidth when I run my benchmarks.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">So, I tried the following :<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">--mkfsoptions="-E lazy_itable_init=0,lazy_journal_init=0" but no success : formatting is still really quick and as soon as I mount my OST, iostats show me the formatting activity on it.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Is it still possible to format like in the old ext3 age ?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for your help<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Cédric<o:p></o:p></p>
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